Tilde this. I think the original intent was for compound words, those that are a single entry in the dictionary but are also two individual words, hyphenated or not. I think the intent was to show which word was the one being posted, the other being the previous post. A sort of not only can I post one word, but I got two words in one flourish.

Maybe some examples:

bad
hand > ~full -- full doesn't really flow from hand, even though "handful" (note spelling difference) is a word.

In each of your examples the link is obvious, but maybe a little devious.
It is up to the person following to establish their own links between the words, and not be spoon-fed in a given direction. The real art is find a new word that will force the next person into a blind alley.Bob Smith
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In each of your examples the link is obvious, but maybe a little devious.
It is up to the person following to establish their own links between the words, and not be spoon-fed in a given direction. The real art is find a new word that will force the next person into a blind alley.

Exactly"Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine."

To be fair I would have said the same thing. And why multiple words for the last few posts. Or is this an anti-anti tilde protest?

Edit~ Is every word now going to be googled before a person can play?

I thought it was "WORD" link, single linked words. I may be wrong as I have never seen the "rules". However it is really not a challenge to post more than one word.

Looking glass tree, should have been just Tree, that would have got people thinking and is exactly the point of the game. "Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine."